The Simpsons

1989•13 series•Entertainment / Animation

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This long-running animated comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not a typical family man. A nuclear-plant employee, he does his best to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him. The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. Other Springfield residents include the family's religious neighbour, Ned Flanders, family physician Dr Hibbert, Moe the bartender and police chief Clancy Wiggum.

Episode 1Homer's Barbershop Quartet

Homer reminisces about the Be Sharps, the barbershop quartet he was in with Barney, Apu and Principal Skinner. Guest starring George Harrison. (S5 Ep1/22)

Episode 3Homer Goes to College

Homer has to go to university to study nuclear physics when it becomes clear that he's unqualified for his job as nuclear power plant safety inspector. (S5 Ep3/22)

Episode 4Rosebud

He may be obscenely rich, but Mr Burns can never be truly happy without his childhood teddy bear, Bobo, who Bart finds in a bag of ice and gives to Maggie. (S5 Ep4/22)

Episode 5Treehouse of Horror IV

Homer sells his soul to the devil for a donut, no one believes Bart can see an evil goblin, and Mr Burns invites the Simpsons for tea at a spooky castle. (S5 Ep5/22)

Episode 6Marge on the Lam

Marge and her new friend Ruth Powers set off on a Thelma and Louise-style adventure, with Chief Wiggum and Homer in hot pursuit... (S5 Ep6/22)

Episode 7Bart's Inner Child

Self-help guru Brad Goodman encourages the population of Springfield to act more like Bart, with disastrous consequences. Guest starring James Brown. (S5 Ep7/22)

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